This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup, a journey through Boliva, and what’s coming up on kikolani.com.
The Resources Mashup
Here are some of the best articles I have stumbledupon this week.
Blogging / Writing
- 5 reasons to guest post
- Optimize a single post for SEO on your blog
- Successful guest posting strategy
- Perception is important to your blogging career
- DIY blog post graphics for non designers
Business / Finance
- Stop thinking you’re going to fail just because someone says you should
- 4 life saving tips for small businesses
- Web analytics reporting for small businesses
- Do you know your customers enough to be a social media hit
- Top 5 ways to market your business with LinkedIn
Graphic / Web Design
- 50 cartoon character design tutorials
- 80 extreme advertisements that will challenge your mind
- 11 essential tips for designers
- eCommerce design resources – the ultimate roundup
Make Money Online
- Optimize that conversion rate before it’s too late
- Unlock your marketing genius to make money online
- QueryAds – the Adsense alternative
- Google Adsense publishers say earnings are down
- 5 landing page tips to boost conversion rates
Personal Development / Self Improvement / Health
- Unchain yourself from conventional thinking myths
- 7 personal development lessons – Kung Fu panda style
- What does balance mean to you – the work life balance
- How to be selfish in a good way
- 5 methods to cut down negative thinking
Photography / Digital Art
- Beautiful black and white photography of animals
- 25 breathtaking underwater photographs
- Create tilt shift miniature effect in Photoshop
- 35 stunning examples of HDR photography
- Black and white long exposure photography
Search Engines / SEO
- SEO Chrome extension – comprehensive view of page and domain data
- How Google’s algorithm rules the web
- Infographic – the Google story
- Link building vs. link marketing
- 3 steps to optimizing content for long tail keywords
Social Media
- Multiple personality social media
- Social media impact of Google Buzz
- Art of communicating in social networks
- 10 awesome social media presentations by thought leaders in the industry
- How to use Google Analytics on your Facebook fan page
Tech / Security
- Windows Phone 7 series WP7S overview
- Firefox 3.6 exploit could be causing browser crashes
- 3 best Twitter apps for Droid
- 10 Google chrome extensions for web developers
- PCs, Macs, and security
WordPress
- 12 amazing BuddyPress themes and getting started guides
- How to make the sidebar list dynamic in Thesis
- 14 Flickr plugins for WordPress
- 60 of the latest high quality free WordPress themes
Coming Up on the Kikolani Network
Next week, I’ll be changing gears a bit to take a look at creating productive to do lists with some social media examples, plus a guest post TBD.
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I need to start following more photography related blogs. All 5 links you posted in that category today, looks interesting – I’m gonna take a look at them and maybe subscribe to their RSS feed as well. Bloggers, you better thank Kristi for getting another subscriber
.-= New from Klaus @ TechPatio “EgoTweeting”: An eBook On Ego- And Business Marketing Using Twitter =-.
Awesome list, as always! I’d been looking for a resource to learn more about BuddyPress, so you’ve given me a great one. Have a wonderful weekend!
.-= New from Christie The introvert in high school =-.
I’ve only recently set up my FB fan page so the find on Google Analytics is excellent – thanks.
Also loved the B&W animal photos – awesome. Oh…to be able to photograph like that!
Andrew
.-= New from Andrew @ Blogging Guide Jimmy Brown is Retiring =-.
Thank you for the link to the 60 free high-quality WordPress themes. This is a lifesaver since I need to find a decent free theme to use for a project at work. Have a nice weekend!
.-= New from Annette @SocialBigTop.com Facebook: The Tale of Two Profiles =-.
This is where I keep my “stash” of WordPress theme related items when I’m in need of a new theme – WordPress Themes on StumbleUpon.
I like the post of Thesis side bar, nice and simple idea! I am more into design these days and preparing another surprise soon
Nice video by the way!
.-= New from Hesham @ FamousBloggers How Can You Make Your Own Website And Jumpstart Your Business In A Flash =-.
Thanks for the link Kristi, it’s always an honor to make it on your list.
.-= New from Sire@People Search Where Bloggers Meet, A Forum For Bloggers =-.
Great! QueryAds is pretty new to me. I was really looking for a good adsense alternative.
.-= New from Aminul Islam Sajib Do You Need A Google Wave Invitation? =-.
anothere great resource full post on friday i am the fan of your fetching Friday great tips and resources on blogging writing spacial thanks for guest posting guidlines…
.-= New from SEO Company Organic SEO Techniques promise improved ranking =-.
Those are some very nice themes for WordPress. I’m somewhat new to this so those really helps.
Till then,
Jean